Apparatus for holding sanitary seat covers



{July 9, 1935. .1. SHELLEY 2,007,461 APPARATUS FOR .nowme SANITARY sEA'T cdvEns Filed April 20, 1934 1 ml" i I" a Patented July 9, 1935 arr-sauna FOR HOLDING SANITARY SEAT COVERS PATENT oFFic-s James-H. Shelley, Beverly Hills, Galif.,-assignor,

by direct and mesne assignments, to

Mills, Inc., a corporation of Fruit Wrapping California California Application April 20, 1934', Serial No. 121,486

3 Claims. (Cl. 206-57) This invention relates to an apparatus for bolding and facilitating the. individual delivery of sanitary seat covers, such as employed for covering the seats of toilets.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide simple means for holding'a'pack of the seat covers in such a way that the'removal of covers, oneby one, is facilitated.

A' further object of the invention is the seat to provide an apparatus of this kind constructed in such a way as to facilitate the supplying of the seat covers in a pack mounted in a holder, the holder being constructed so as to enable a portion of the foremost seat cover of the pack to be exposed at an opening and so that the foremost seat cover can be readily withdrawn from the holder through the opening; and to accomplish this without disturbing the seat covers constituting the remainder hot the pack.

A further object of the invention is to provide a 'holder of simple construction for carrying a pack of seat covers and having a construction enabling it to cooperate with a rigid outer holder in which the same can be readily placed, said holders being correlated in construction so as to facilitate the removal of the seat covers, one by one, as desired for use.

Further objects of the the appended claims.

7 In the drawing:

invention will appear Figure 1 is a perspective'of a holder for carrying a pack of seat covers, and particularly illustrating a means employed on this holder for increasing the accessibility ofthe seat covers carried therein.

Figure 2 is a front paratus which i'ncludes'an outer holder in which elevation of a complete apan inner holder may be placed carrying a pack of the seat covers.

Figure 3 is a vertical section, taken on the h line 3-4 of Figure 2, but upon an enlarged scale.

Figure 4 is a plan of one of the seat covers re-.

moved from the pack.

-- -Figure-5.is ,a vertical section through one of the seat covers and showing the sa'mein a poholder.

- sition which it has in the pack held within the Figure 6 is a fragmentary view and is a vertical sectiontaken through one of the upper corners of the holder and illustrating another embodiment of the invention as regards the means for suspending the pack of seat covers.

Figure 7 is a fragmentary viewand is a vertical section taken through the lower portion of a holder, and illustrates means which I prefer to employ for securing the lower ends of the seat covers when the embodiment of the invention 11- 10 lu'strated in Fig. 61s employed. .l r

Before proceeding to a more detailed description of the invention, it should be stated that in practising my invention I provide a holder for a pack of seat covers. This holder may constitute 15 the only holder for the seat covers, but in practice I prefer to provide an inner holder and an outer holder. The inner holder then operates as an envelope for carrying a pack of the seat covers, and in practice this holder is sl pped into position in a more substantial outer holder, preferably constructed of sheet metal and which is secured to a support in the vicinity of the toilet.

Referring more particularly to the parts, I indicates a holder which preferably constitutes the inner'holder, and this holder is preferably in the form of a box form envelope, into which the pack of seat covers is introduced. If this holder l V were formed of" rigid material, such as metal, it

could be employed as the only holder for the pack.

However, I prefer to mount this inner holder i in an outer holder 2 (see Fig. 2). This outer holder is preferably formed of sheet metal and is provided with a removable cover 3, which can be taken off to permit the inner holder 1 to be dropped into the outer holder. v The outer holder 2 on its forward wall is provided with a delivery opening 1, which at its lower edge is preferably provided with an outwardly-projecting lip 5 to facilitate the withdrawal of the seatcovers 8, as

will be described hereinafter. These seat covers are substantially of rectangular form, as illustrated in Fig. 4, but formed with a large U-shaped incision I, which forms a-ilapt which is adapted to be shoved down into the opening-of the toilet seat to assist in retaining the seat cover in position. The forward edge of each seat cover is formed into a tongue 9 with'a curved forward edge il.

I In the embodiment of the invention illustrated in Fig. 3, the seat covers are all placed together to form a pack ll carried in the inner holder i,

and before being placed in'this pack each seat cover is folded on a transverse line at. about the position of the dotted line I! of Fig. 4-. 1n putting the seat covers together to form a pack, the tongues! of the seatcovers are disposed toward the opening 4. In order'to improve the eihciency of the inner holder i, its forward wallis preferably provided with a weakened panel II, the outline I 4 of'which is partially cut through so as to an opening I! (see Fig. 3), which substantially registers with the aforesaid delivery'opening 4. In this way, when the inner holder has been put in position, the tongue I of the foremost seat cover in the pack will be exposed at the delivery opening 4 so as to facilitate its being seized to facilitate the withdrawal of the foremost seat cover.

In order to support the seat covers in the form of pack I I, I prefer to provide means for suspending the same at an elevated point. For this purpose, I may employ a cross-pin It (see Fig. 3), which passes through all of the seat covers and has its ends secured in-the forward and rear side 4 wells of the inner holder.

In order to save material and reduce the weight of the outer holder 2, I may provide the same, with a large opening II on the forward side, and, if

desired, metal may be punched out from the rear wall It for the said purpose. The outer wall, however, should have a transverse bar it near its middle point through which fastening devices. such as nails or screws 24, may be applied to fasten the outer wall to a support.

readily withdrawn through the opening 4 without.

disturbing the other seat covers inthe pack.

In Figs. 6 and I I illustrate another embodiment of the invention which has the advantage that it obviates the necessity for individually folding all of the seat covers before putting them into a pack. Inthiscaseapackoftheseatcoversis formed and they are then folded on a linelocated at about the position of the line l2. in-Fig. 4. In other words,"the entire pack is folded on a transverse line. This enables the entire pack to be suspended on a longitudinal horizontal bar 22 whichsupports the fold-ll of the pack as shown. lhe endsofthisbarare supportedinthe end walls of the inner holder, as illustrated in Fig. 6.

Informing the pack of seat covers in this way the tongues 24 will all be superposed upon each other, as illustrated .in Fig: 7, and they will all be located in the front opening 28 of the inner holder 18. In order to prevent the removal of the seat cover that has the foremost tongue 24 from dislodging any of the other seat covers in the pack, I prefer to provide the lower portion of the pack below the opening I with a cross-pin 21. This pin passes-through the pack from the front wall oftheholdertotherearwall, like thepln ll illustrated in Figs. 1 and 8. With this arrangement, it will be evident that by seizing the foremost tongue 24 and pulling it downwardly, tension will be exerted on the corresponding seat cover, which will be torn away from the pin TI and withdrawn through the opening 2 without I dislodginganyoftheother seatcoversofthe .facilitate its detachment from the wall to form pack It is understood'that the embodiment of the invention described herein is only one of the many embodiments this invention may take, and I do notwishtobelimitedinthepractice oftheinvention, nor in the claims, to the particular embodiment set forth.

What I claim is:

1. In a package of seat'covers of the kind described, the combination of a holder having a forward wall with a narrow delivery opening at the lower portion thereof, a plurality of seats covers formed of separate sheets, each sheet having a connected flap punched out from the same toform so anopeningtoiltovertheseatopening,means located at an elevated point in the holder, and passing through said flaps for suspending the covers in a folded state. within the said holder. eachcoverhavingatonguedisposedtowardthe at forward side of the holder with its edge located at a point considerably above the lower edge of said delivery opening, and enabling the tongue to be seized through the said opening in detaching the cover from the suspending means.

2. In an apparatus of the kind described, the combination of a holder in theform of an envelope of cardboard to be received within an outer holder and having a forward wall with a narrow opening in the lower portion thereof, a plurality ofseparatesanitary seatcoverscarriedinthe holder, eachcover having a folded edge at its upper end, means carried by the holder and passing through the folded edges of the seat covers for suspending thesaidcovers withintheholder, each of said covers having a tongue with its lower edgevisiblethroughsaidopeningsoastoenable the tongue to be seized through the said opening for detaching the cover-from the suspending means.

8. Inapparahisofthekinddescribedaholder in the form of an envelope having a forward wall-withanarrowopeninginthelower portion thereof, a plurality of separate detached seat covers received in said holder, each of said seat covers having a folded edge located at an ele- 

